Secrets of the State

Secrets of the State

85 mins | Drama | Sept. 2, 2003

On the first of May 1947, the bandit Salvatore Giuliano conducted a raid to the mountain pass Portella della Ginestra, with a view to capturing Sicily's most prominent communist, Giacomo Licausi. What actually happened was a regular massacre, leaving fourteen people dead and more than thirty wounded. In 1951, about a year after Giulano's violent death, his men are tried in Viterbo. Unconvinced by the official version, Gaspare Pasciotta's lawyer, decides to travel to Sicily and starts investigating the facts.

Secrets of the State

85 mins | Drama | Sept. 2, 2003

Secrets of the State
On the first of May 1947, the bandit Salvatore Giuliano conducted a raid to the mountain pass Portella della Ginestra, with a view to capturing Sicily's most prominent communist, Giacomo Licausi. What actually happened was a regular massacre, leaving fourteen people dead and more than thirty wounded. In 1951, about a year after Giulano's violent death, his men are tried in Viterbo. Unconvinced by the official version, Gaspare Pasciotta's lawyer, decides to travel to Sicily and starts investigating the facts.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers
Original title Segreti di stato
Directors Paolo Benvenuti
Writers

Cast

Antonio Catania

as L'avvocato

David Coco

as Pisciotta

Sergio Graziani

as Il professore

Aldo Puglisi

as Il perito

Francesco Guzzo

as Cacaova